Published September 19, 2020
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Canopy structure and forest understory conditions in a wet Amazonian forest – no change over the last 20 years
Creators
- 1. Aarhus University
- 2. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Description
Climate change is altering forest dynamics in the tropics, with large potential impacts on forest structure and understory conditions. However, we found that canopy height distribution and openness remained stable over two decades in the western Amazon, and that gap creation rates would need to increase 300% before affecting equilibrium.
Notes
There are no missing values in the data, but additional data are available for some of the plots (measurements of canopy height outside the plot squares used in this study, and for additional censuses). These can be provided upon request.
The baselines of the plots are marked with grey plastic tubes in the field.
Files
FigS1_-_Yasuni_map.pdf
Additional details
Related works
- Is cited by
- http://www.springerlink.com/index/Q02748878M338784.pdf (URL)
- 10.1017/S0266467404001609 (DOI)